Remember the Nest Egg? Well, it's back in print form and officially part of my own pattern line. Plus, I've got all new versions made up in Doe. Here are the new three that I ...
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New Pattern: Catenary Quilt in Doe Fabric.
Catenary. Some design ideas get kicked around for a while, and this is one of them. The name catenary refers to the natural arch that's created by a cord ...
Talking about QuiltCon on Modern Sewciety.
Hey, so I did a pretty bad job of announcing this, but I've got a couple more classes that were just added for QuiltCon. I'm teaching my Alturas project (pictured above) on Friday, ...
Summer Makes: Aerial Grove in a multitude of Kona cottons.
Continuing with what I've been making this summer, next up is another version of Aerial Grove--a project that's in my new book and one that I keep coming back to. I tend to enjoy ...
Summer Makes: Totem quilt.
This is also something that I've gotten into this summer--another Totem (one of my new patterns this past spring). The fabrics that I am using are a soft and happy mixture of things--some ...
The Nest Egg tote.
Introducing the Nest Egg--my newest pattern and contribution to the Road Trip Pattern Club. (UPDATE: Pattern now available here.) I had a lot of fun putting this project together! It all started ...
Road Trip teaser.
My travel schedule has been super fun but definitely nuts lately--I just got back from Austin last night and I'm heading back out to North Carolina this week! I do plan to catch up on sharing some of ...
Spring Quilt Market 2014.
Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh was a little over a month ago now (kinda hard to believe!)...which I guess means that it's time to share some photos from it. Better late than never, ...
Savor Each Stitch workshop at Gather Here.
Yesterday was my class at Gather Here in Cambridge. It was great and so much fun. We worked on Facing East from my new book. They have this wonderful annex above the shop with tons of light ...
QuiltCon 2015 classes.
I can't believe that it's almost time to register for QuiltCon. It's pretty crazy how fast time has flown since the last one, and in many ways I hope it continues to fly, because I'm ready for round ...
NYC adventures.
I just got back from NYC and it was a blast. First up, was BEA for a book signing. That was an experience, for sure. It was great to see Lucky Spool's first 2 titles (mine ...
Post and Totem.
Here they are...my two new patterns! Meet Post, new to my Slow Sewing Studio. Post was inspired by the design on the doors at my local post office. I've always thought the motif ...
Pittsburgh and New York City events.
Today is a big day. It's finally time to leave for Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. Preparing for Market is always pretty consuming, and this one hasn't been too much different. I look forward to the ...
SewDown Nashville!
Here's a little bit of what went down at the SewDown. Robert Kaufman made sure there were mini charms with some of my favorite fabrics waiting for each student. After getting ...
Sometimes you just need to sew.
And that's exactly what I did. This week (and these last few weeks) have been a little on the heavy side, so some reconnecting with my sewing machine was very much in order. I ...
Modern Sewciety and an extra hour.
First, it was such a pleasure being on Modern Sewciety this week. You can find the Podcast here. Stephanie was easy to chat with, and I really hope to get a chance to catch up with her one of these ...
booth pics and new stuff.
Finally, some pics from Market. But first, I've got some new stuff. + Two new patterns, Focal (a new paper piecing project, on left) and Botanics (new to my Slow Sewing Studio, on right and in the ...
recording from yesterday.
In case you missed it and are interested, you can find the recording from yesterday's radio show with Pat Sloan here. It was definitely an honor to be invited on there to chat! Hope you enjoy ...
charity auction for blocks, botanics, and other good stuff.
A couple of weeks ago, I was digging around for some stuff in this huge pile of quilts. It's sometimes a surprise to see what's in there. One of the things was this stack of blocks from my Local quilt ...
spoonflower social.
It was a no-brainer when the folks at Spoonflower asked if I wanted to make a social tote out of their fabrics. Well, almost a no-brainer. My one fear was getting totally lost in all the ...